Betty Boegehold
| Betty Boegehold | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1915[1] New York City[1] |
| 💀Died | April 7, 1985 (aged 69)[1][2] Bronxville, New York[2]April 7, 1985 (aged 69)[1][2] |
| Other names | Donovan Doyle[1] |
| 💼 Occupation | Children's author[2] |
| 👶 Children | 1[2] |
Betty Virginia Doyle Boegehold (September 13, 1915–April 7, 1985) was an American children's author, known for the Pippa Mouse series.
Life and career
Born in 1915 in New York City,[1] Boegehold was a resident of Bronxville, New York.[3] She began her teaching career in 1948[3] and joined New York City's Bank Street Writers Workshop in 1967,[2] where she also researched education methods.[3] During her career, she was also a librarian.[4]
Boegehold's works—among them a fairy tale with black characters, stories of young characters in urban areas as opposed to rural and suburban, and a piece featuring a working mother—tackled traditional stereotypes found in children's material in her time. She also used animal characters to express human emotions to her readers. One of her manuscripts initially told the tale of a boy mouse named Pippen, but a lecture on literary sexism convinced her to change the character's name and gender. The resulting book, Pippa Mouse, became a bestseller.[3]
Boegehold contributed to children's magazines under her real name, and also wrote under the name of Donovan Doyle.[4] While she reportedly died of a heart attack[2] on April 7, 1985,[1] her works remained in print as of 2005.[5][6] One of her final books, You Can Say "NO", underwent a 1987 censorship challenge at Starke, Florida's school board over its sexual content.[7]
Selected works
Series
Standalone
- Three to Get Ready (1965)[4]
- Chipper's Choices (1981)[4]
- In the Castle of Cats (1981)[4]
- The Beautiful Black Princess[3]
- Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore[2]
- Getting Ready to Read[2]
- You Can Say "NO"[2]
As Donovan Doyle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "de Grummond Collection: Betty Bogehold Papers". University of Southern Mississippi. June 2001. Retrieved 2025-10-21. Unknown parameter
|orig-date=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Betty D. Boegehold, 71, Dies; Writer of Books for Children". The New York Times. April 9, 1985. p. A24. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Connell, Tara (1973-11-20). "Author of a child's imaginings". Mount Vernon Argus. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Ward, Martha Eads; Marquardt, Dorothy A.; Dolan, Nancy; Eaton, Dawn (1990). "Boegehold, Betty Virginia (Doyle) 1913–1985". Authors of Books for Young People (Third ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-8108-2293-8. Retrieved 2025-10-21 – via Archive.org. Search this book on
- ↑ Connor, Anne (October 1999). "Hurray for Christmas! / Patrick's Christmas Tree". School Library Journal. Vol. 45 no. 10. p. 65. ISSN 0362-8930. Retrieved 2025-10-21 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ "Bunny Tails". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 252 no. 7. 2005-02-14. p. 76. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 2025-10-21 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Weiss, Kenneth R. (1987-08-10). "Florida nears top in censorship tries". Gainesville Sun. p. 7A. Retrieved 2025-10-21 – via Google News Archive.
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